Hat or head-gear.



No. 70;,723. Patented lune 3, |902.

J. HEIMANN.

HAT 0R HEAD GEAR.

(Appumion med me. s, 1901.)

y(Ilo Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEY TH: Noams vanas co4 wom-umd., wAsHlm-mw, nA c.

`UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE. s

J ULIUS HEIMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HEIMANN t LICHTEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HAT OR HEAD-G EAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 701,723, dated J une 3, .1902. Application filed December I3, 1901. Serial No. 84,557. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs HEIMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manhattan borough, New. York city, in the ounty and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in I-Iats or Head- Gear, of which the following is a specification. Y

In the manufacture of such articles as certain kinds of hats a certain degree of yielding or elasticity is called for, so that the hat will give under pressure, but return to its proper shape, or not remain distorted when released. Reed or ratan having a covering spun thereabout-is serviceable for such stiffening.

This invention is set forth inthe following specification and claims,and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional ,side view of a hat provided with the stiffener. Fig. 2 shows a piece of braid with a stiener. Fig. 3 shows a reed or ratan covered. Fig. 4 is a sectional end view of Fig. 3.

The reed or ratan is shown at CL and the covering or thread spun thereabout is represented at b. This reed a forms a Core, and strands c, laid along the core or reed and inolosed by or having spun about them the threads or covering b, Will givea'fullness or rounded effect to the stiffener. yThis stiffener a, being sewedor secured along yor about a hat, will hold the latter in shape, while' allowing the same to yield under pressure. The hat being formed or composed of braid,the stiffener is suitably secured or applied to the braid. A practical way, it has been found, is to apply the stiffener at a distance from the edge. of the braid. rlhe strands and spinning about the'reed or ratan give a fullness or rounded appearanoeorfinish to the stiffthe same.

ener and the thickening or material furnished by said strands and spinning allows sewing or stitching of the reed in place without the sewing-thread havingto belled over or about the reed. In other words, the sewing or attaching threads can be stitched or run through the strands alongside the reed instead of about The use of reed or ratan is advantageous as compared with wire, since Wire is apt to stay more or less bent after pressure,

while ratan has been found to spring back or return to its normal shape after the hat has been exposed to pressuresuch, for example, as caused by the wearer leaning against a chair-back.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure byrLetters Patent,.is-

1.'Y In a hat, the combinationof a body portion constructed of braid formed of suitable material, and a stiffening for said braid consisting of a core of reed, strands of material cylindrical in cross-section, of less diameter'than thecore, surrounding and engaging the periphery of the same, said strands engaging each other, and a cover surrounding and engaging the said strands, substantially as shown and described.

2. yA hat composed of braid and a stiening secured thereto consisting of a core of reed, strands of suitable material circumferentially surrounding and engaging the periphery of said core and engaging each other, and a cover surrounding and engaging lthe'rsaid strands. y

J ULIUS I-IEIMANN.

Witnesses:

W. C. I-IAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

